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Dominican Rep. The Cockettes
- Original title
- The Cockettes
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Music Documentary. Gay & Lesbian
- Synopsis
- On New Year's Eve, 1969, a flamboyant ragtag troupe of genderbending hippies took the stage of San Francisco's Palace Theater and The Cockettes were born. For the next 2 1/2 years, these outrageous drag performers created 20 shows with titles like "A Crab on Uranus Means You're Loved" and "Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma," and were featured in four underground films. But when the Cockettes flew to New York City to appear Off Broadway - well, you'll just have to see what happened when New Yorkers took a look at them. Documentarians Weissman and Weber have crafted a record of a wondrous time and a wild group in The Cockettes.
- Awards
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2002: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Documentary2002: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary2002: Sundance Film Festival: nominated to Grand Jury Prize - Documentary U.S..2002: Satellite Awards: nominated to Motion Picture, Documentary.2002: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Documentary.
- Critics' reviews
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"Joyously re-creates the brief but resplendent reign of the legendary freakadelic drag troupe."
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"Cue the footage of Cockettes in spangles and glitter, high-kicking and belting out show tunes at the top of their lungs. Damn, it looks grand."
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"It puts The Cockettes into social, political and popular cultural context and gives the documentary a moving resonance."
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"Has the glorious, gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days, featuring all manner of drag queen, bearded lady and lactating hippie."
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"This comprehensive and charming film not only recalls those days exactly, it also manages the wonderful trick of taking us back there along with it."
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"A fascinating, richly detailed documentary about the legendary queer collective based in San Francisco in the late '60s and early '70s."
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